Sun Feb 03, 2013 at 07:29:17 AM EST

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 3. Also, check out Sen. Mark Herring's talk - which was excellent, by the way - yesterday to around 100 people at the (Webb) "Brigades" meeting in Vienna. I'll post more video and thoughts of the event, at which LG candidates Ralph Northam and Aneesh Chopra also spoke, later today.

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